02 June 2004 08:17
News in Brief: Deputy for
President
MOSCOW -- Ruslan Yamadayev, State Duma's deputy from Chechnya, has been nominated as a presidential candidate
for the republic's Aug. 29 election, Gazeta reported Tuesday.
Yamadayev, a representative of an authoritative Chechen clan that once fought against the federal troops and is now
loyal to Moscow, has the support of the pro-Kremlin Chechen administration and the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, of
which he is a member, Gazeta reported.
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[The Moscow Times] |
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